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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1502 

To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2011 

Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, and Mrs. MYRICK) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 

A BILL 

To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis 

Council. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Team B Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) terrorism and domestic radicalization rep8 resent evolving, dynamic, multidimensional threats 

9 that necessitate a structured, iterative process to 


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1 continuously revise plans, operations, concepts, orga2 nizations, and capabilities; and 

3 (2) past Federal experience in competitive anal4 ysis executed by experts drawn from outside the gov5 ernment has helped the intelligence community and 

6 policymakers better understand the nature of com7 plex threats to the United States. 

8 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTERTERRORISM COM9 PETITIVE ANALYSIS COUNCIL. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Secu11 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘COUNTERTERRORISM COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS COUNCIL

14 ‘‘SEC. 120. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab15 lished a council to be known as the ‘Counterterrorism 

16 Competitive Analysis Council’ (in this section referred to 

17 as the ‘Council’). 

18 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Council shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) advise the Director of National Intelligence 

20 on matters of policy relating to the threats of inter21 national terrorism and domestic radicalization based 

22 on all-source information; 

23 ‘‘(2) prepare a competitive analysis of each na24 tional intelligence estimate concerning al-Qaeda and 

25 other foreign terrorist organizations and submit 


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1 such analysis to the Director of National Intelligence 

2 and the National Intelligence Council; and 

3 ‘‘(3) annually submit to Congress a report in 

4 unclassified form, which may include a classified 

5 annex, on trends in counterterrorism and domestic 

6 radicalization, including a summary of any competi7 tive analysis prepared pursuant to paragraph (2). 

8 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.—(1) The Council shall be composed 

9 of eight members appointed by the Director of National 

10 Intelligence, in consultation with the Permanent Select 

11 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

13 Members shall be selected on the basis of previous experi14 ence with matters of policy relating to international ter15 rorism and domestic radicalization. 

16 ‘‘(2)(A) The Director of National Intelligence may 

17 not appoint an individual to the Council if such individual 

18 has served as an officer or employee of the Federal Gov19 ernment within a five-year period of the date of appoint20 ment. 

21 ‘‘(B) The Director of National Intelligence may not 

22 appoint an individual to the Council if— 

23 ‘‘(i) such individual has served as an officer or 

24 employee of the Federal Government within a 15- 

25 year period of the date of appointment; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) on the date of appointment, three of the 

2 members of the Council have served as officers or 

3 employees of the Federal Government within a 15- 

4 year period of the date of appointment. 

5 ‘‘(3) The term of a member is five years, and a mem6 ber may not serve more than two terms, except that a 

7 member appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two addi8 tional terms after the expiration of the term in which that 

9 vacancy occured. 

10 ‘‘(4) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur11 ring before the expiration of a term shall be appointed 

12 for the remainder of that term. 

13 ‘‘(5) Every two years, the Council shall select a chair 

14 and vice chair from among its members. 

15 ‘‘(6) To the extent provided in advance in appropria16 tion Acts, each member shall be paid at a rate not to ex17 ceed the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu18 tive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

19 Code. 

20 ‘‘(7) Any member of the Council may, if authorized 

21 by the Council, take any action which the Council is au22 thorized to take by this section. 

23 ‘‘(d) STAFF OF COUNCIL.—(1) To the extent pro24 vided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Council shall 

25 appoint and fix the compensation of a Director and such 


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1 additional staff as may be necessary to enable the Council 

2 to carry out its duties. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Director and staff of the Council may be 

4 appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, 

5 United States Code, governing appointments in the com6 petitive service, and may be paid without regard to the 

7 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 

8 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule 

9 pay rates, except that the rate of pay fixed for the Director 

10 and staff may not exceed the annual rate of basic pay for 

11 level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

12 title 5, United States Code. 

13 ‘‘(3) In accordance with rules adopted by the Council, 

14 and to the extent provided in advance in appropriation 

15 Acts, the Council may procure the services of experts and 

16 consultants under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

17 Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily 

18 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of 

19 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 

20 United States Code. 

21 ‘‘(e) ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.—(1) 

22 The Director of National Intelligence shall transmit to the 

23 Council each national intelligence estimate concerning al24 Qaeda and other foreign terrorist organizations. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Upon request of the Council, the Director of Na2 tional Intelligence shall make available to the Council any 

3 intelligence information in the possession of the intel4 ligence community. 

5 ‘‘(3) The Director of National Intelligence shall en6 sure that the appropriate executive departments and agen7 cies cooperate with the Council in expeditiously providing 

8 to the members and staff appropriate security clearances 

9 in a manner consistent with existing procedures and re10 quirements. 

11 ‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM12 MITTEE ACT.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advi13 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), relating to the termi14 nation of advisory committees, shall not apply to the 

15 Council. 

16 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

18 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2017. 

19 No amount is authorized to carry out this section for a 

20 fiscal year unless the appropriation for the Office of the 

21 Director of National Intelligence for such fiscal year is re22 duced by an amount equal to the amount appropriated to 

23 carry out this section for such fiscal year’’. 

24 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The initial report required to 

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1 curity Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), shall be 

2 filed not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act. 

4 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

5 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et 

6 seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

7 section 119B the following: 

‘‘Sec. 120. Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council.’’. 

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